Articles related to "Phanerozoic"

Although scientists know the extinction event that marked the end of the Permian was the largest in magnitude, there is general disagreement regarding its causes.

Although not well-known to the public and typically overlooked by the press, the late Ordovician mass extinction event is the most understood by paleontologists.

To truly begin to understand paleontology, it is first important to have a good grasp on the basic geological timeline in which all life has existed.